charlottesville
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Florida 'Antifa Hunter' Sentenced to More Than 3 Years in Prison for Cyberstalking Black Lives Matter Activist
A white man from Florida (you already know what kind of story this is about to be) has earned himself nearly three and a half years in prison for cyberstalking and threatening a Black Lives Matter activist who planned on running for public office. The Associated Press reports that 32-year-old Daniel McMahon of Brandon, Fla.,…
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Best Gift Ever: Charlottesville to Celebrate End of Slavery Instead of Thomas Jefferson's Birthday
For the first time since World War II, guess who won’t be getting a birthday party in Charlottesville, Va.? If you guessed Thomas Jefferson—the same guy who once wrote “all men are created equal,” yet somehow owned over 600 of our ancestors—you’d be correct. The Washington Post reports that despite Jefferson’s name being on everything…
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White Amateur Historian Says He Stole Slave Auction Block Plaque Because It Didn't Do Enough to Honor Descendants of Slavery
When a plaque disappeared off a sidewalk in Charlottesville, Va., earlier this month, it raised alarm bells. The sign, though small, was significant: It marked the site of an auction block where enslaved Africans were sold. As The Washington Post reports, some assumed it was done to protest a proposed state law that would allow…
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Nazi Tears: Christopher Cantwell Arrested by FBI
The “Unite the Right” rally was one of the darkest moments in our countries recent history. The white nationalist rally took the life of 32-year-old Heather Heyer and left countless others injured and scarred. In some good news, one of the key figures behind that rally has been arrested. According to NBC News, Christopher Cantwell…
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In Wake of Deadly Charlottesville Protests, University of North Carolina Police Surveilled…Anti-Racism Activists
Police at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, alongside state investigators, monitored the cellphones of antiracism protesters demonstrating against the campus’ Confederate statue, “Silent Sam,” in 2017. NBC News broke the story, which comes just a week after the UNC System revealed it paid upwards of $2.5 million to a Confederate group to take the…
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Virginia Man Sues Local Paper, Reporter for Accurately Reporting His Family’s Slaveholding History
Here’s the thing about descending from a “First Family of Virginia”—there’s going to be an abundance of receipts about your family’s slaveholding past. One Charlottesville man, apparently, couldn’t abide the publication of those receipts and is suing a local newspaper and professor for disclosing his family’s slaveholding past—and having the sheer gall to insinuate that…
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White Supremacist Busted on Charges He Ran Black Candidate Out of Race for City Council in Charlottesville, Va.
One day, a black activist aligned with the Black Lives Matter movement was announcing his intent to run for City Council in Charlottesville, Va.—and the very next day, he was out. Apparently, for good. Now, federal prosecutors say they know why the candidate, identified in court papers only as “D.G.,” stepped away from the race:…
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To Hell With Y’all: Charlottesville Judge Rules Confederate Statues Will Stay
Well, it was a good idea while it lasted. I’m referring to the removal of public monuments of known racists. But the law—in that comfortable cradle of great virtue the world knows as Charlottesville, Va.,—has prevailed. And it’s the celebration of racist business as usual. On Wednesday, a judge in the fair, ahem, city ruled…
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Put Under the Jail: Charlottesville Murderer James Alex Fields Jr. Gets Life Plus 419 Years
So, Charlottesville rally murderer James Alex Fields Jr. apparently will never, ever, ever be seeing the light of day again as a free man. That’s the basic reality for the 22-year-old white supremacist, who got handed a sentence of life plus 419 years for mowing down Heather Heyer and injuring dozens more with his car…
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White Supremacist Who Plowed His Car Into Charlottesville, Va., Counter-Protestors Begs for Mercy Ahead of Sentencing
After being convicted of the murder of activist Heather Heyer and injuring dozens of others when he plowed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters during the infamous Charlottesville rally, James Alex Fields Jr. is begging the judge responsible for his sentencing to show him mercy. WJLA reports that Fields’ legal team believes that the…